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The Daily Texan and Texas Student Media
REUNION
SAVE THE DATES: November 6-8, 2008
TEXAN/TSP COLLEAGUE:
As the Beatles said: "Get back to where you once belonged."
Come to Austin this fall for a gathering of former Daily Texan types. Bring friends, bring family.
TO REGISTER, CLICK HERE: http://www.gillelandcreekpress.com/Reunion/
Here's a tentative schedule:
THURSDAY, NOV. 6
Some of you early-arriving working journalists may be invited to lecture at the School of Journalism. If you're interested, please let us know.
6:30pm - We'll have a showing of "Deadline USA" with Humphrey Bogart at the Alamo Drafthouse, 1120 S. Lamar. Tickets $10/person with all proceeds going to the Texas Student Media building fund. the Alamo Drafthouses are cafe theaters, and you can order beer, wine and dinner. (Cash bar/victuals). Limit 100.
After the movie, some may wander over to "Pete's Dueling Pianos" on Sixth Street. It's a hoot, even for the Baby Boomers.
FRIDAY, NOV. 7
9am - Lady Bird Johnson Room - CMA 5.160. A continuing education program that is sure to warm the "heart" of any corporate accountant or IRS auditor.
-- Welcome by UT President Bill Powers (Yes, a University President welcoming us. How things have changed.)
-- "Convergence of Media" - John Reetz, CoxNet
-- "Covering the Department of Homeland Security" - Virginia Kice, Immigration and Customs Enforcement
-- "Economic Recovery" - Marty Crutsinger, AP; John Pope, New Orleans Times-Picayune
Noon - Lunch on your own
2pm - Naming ceremony for the Texas Student Media (nee TSP) Building. The Hearst Foundations have donated $750,000 for building improvements. In honor of the donation, the building will be renamed in honor of William Randolph Hearst. The College of Communication and Texas Student Media have scheduled this event around our return. Wow. A reception follows.
7-11pm - Tau Delta Tau Toga Party. Just kidding. We'll all get together at Scholtz's to swap stories, because that is what we're trained to do. Very Casual, but Gut Frisbee will not be allowed at this venue. Cash bar/free will donation for room and food. Anything after that goes to TSP/TSM.
SATURDAY NOV. 8
10:30am - Segway Tour of Campus. Thanks to Ex-Regent Cyndi Taylor Krier, we've received permission to segway through campus. We think, at this writing, we'll do all the great sites of 60s and 70s student protest, but that could change. Cost is $75/person and we're limited to 20 people. First-come, first-served. Again, anything left after renting the segways and tipping the guide goes to the TSP/TSM building fund.
Sometime Saturday - Baylor vs. UT. Best to try to get tickets on your own, but let us know you're looking, and we'll see what we can do.
5:30pm - Bus departs for the San Antonio Wine and Food Festival. We're working on where it departs from.... There may be early samples aboard. Cost is $40/person round-trip and, yes, procees go to the TSP/TSM building fund. Tickets to the Festival are $72/person and include all-you-can-eat and all-you-can-drink. BYOAlka-Seltzer. Return 11 p.m. Limit 55.
SUNDAY NOV. 9
10am-1pm - Boy Voyage Brunch at Threadgill's World Headquarters. Last chance for fistfights and to humiliate old boy-/girlfriends.
For information: Contact Cliff Avery ('73) 512-251-8101 or (cell) 512-567-0857 or e-mail: dtexan@texas.net
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